Gatineau River

Gatineau River Heritage Paddle: A Guide - Second Edition
A Guide was developed as a publication for boaters on the Gatineau River, identifying present and past landmarks from Wakefield to the Chelsea Dam and increasing general awareness of our river's rich heritage - both historical and environmental.

Gatineau River: Then and Now
Lower Gatineau River from the air in 1926 and 1997. There are 20 sets of THEN and NOW photographs taken from the Chelsea Dam north to Wakefield.

Selwyn Court Case
Document of the court proceedings from the expropriation of Harley Selwyn of Kirk's Ferry by the Gatineau Power Company in 1925 for its massive hydro-electric project.

The Great Lakes RED BOOK 1937 ^{3 MB}
This publication provides a list of over 1500 vessels of the Great Lakes together with the name of owner, captain and engineer of each vessel, as well as shipbuilding, and repair yards.
Owner #36 on page 29 of the pamphlet is the Canadian International Paper Co., located in Montreal. Seventeen tugs of CIP, with their captains and engineers, are listed, many of which worked logs on the Gatineau River, including the Laracina, Chelsea, Pickanock and Pythango.

Other related contents on this website:

• The "Lost Villages" of Chelsea - settlements before flooding of the Gatineau River in 1926-1927
• Chelsea Community Trail Historical Panels - historical panels along the Chelsea Community Trail
• Hills escapes flood chaos - article on the 2017 flooding of the Gatineau River
• The story of the Gatineau River: Historic fights and fierce independence - Globe and Mail article by Roy Macgregor.
• Glass Slides (from the Image Bank Exhibits
• The History of the Club and its Facilities (from the Gatineau River Yacht Club Archives)
• The Log Problem (from the Gatineau River Yacht Club Archives)
• River (from the The Historical Legacy of the Gatineau)
• Logging on the Gatineau (from the The Historical Legacy of the Gatineau)

• Up the Gatineau! articles
  • Pine To Pulp: The Timber Trade on the Gatineau River (published in Volume 3)
  • Early Aerial Photography of The Gatineau River Valley (published in Volume 27)
  • "Gatineau": Paddling through the History of a River’s Name (published in Volume 46)

• Low Down Articles articles
  • A milestone birthday party for Wakefield, too
  • A picture that speaks 111 years
  • An island lost under the Gatineau's waters
  • Canoeists with Connections to the Gatineau

• Text Bank clippings
  • $40,000 grant to de-log river
  • 2 groups talking about river use
  • A tribute to logging on the Gatineau River
  • Brown trout to go into Gatineau
  • Gatineau Development - CIP and Gatineau Power Company

• Image Bank images
  • Chelsea Falls
  • Bird's Eye view of Wakefield, Que from across River
  • Cascades Falls
  • Caves' Scow
  • Dismantling Bates Barn